Neowin News Feed for: Television

This 90s cable TV simulator brings the old nostalgia you needed

Aditya Tiwari — Thu, 08 May 2025 12:28:02 +0000

A new DIY project recreates the charm of watching cable TV shows in the 1990s. It's a simulator powered by a Raspberry Pi. Read more...

You will soon be able to buy a 115-inch TCL Mini-LED TV for "just" $26,999

John Callaham — Mon, 13 May 2024 14:56:01 +0000

TCL has announced the pricing for its 2024 smart TV lineup. That includes a massive 115-inch QD Mini-LED TV with up to 5,000 nits of brightness. It will be available for sale very soon for $26,999. Read more...

YouTube starts rolling out a new design for its TV app

Aditya Tiwari — Wed, 13 Mar 2024 20:10:02 +0000

YouTube has started rolling out a new video player interface for its TV app. The company said its new design is meant to make its video-watching experience more interactive for the viewers. Read more...

TCL Class S3 40” TV now at its cheapest price on Amazon

Paul Hill — Sat, 23 Dec 2023 05:12:01 +0000

The 40-inch TCL Class S3 TV can now be bought for $169.99 on Amazon following a 26% discount. It usually costs $229.99 so you'll be saving yourself $60 if you do decide to pick it up now. Read more...

The 75-inch Samsung Q70C is selling for its lowest price at under $1,200

Paul Hill — Sat, 04 Nov 2023 15:16:01 +0000

Amazon is selling the 75" and 85" Samsung Q70C TVs with big 29% and 36% discounts, respectively. They are both at their lowest-ever prices since going on sale earlier this year. Read on for the links. Read more...

UK public service broadcasters to launch broadband-based live TV service in 2024

Paul Hill — Mon, 18 Sep 2023 12:02:01 +0000

UK public service broadcasters including BBC, ITV, Channel 4, and Channel 5 have announced a new TV service called Freely which will replicate the Freeview experience over broadband. Read more...

Telly begins shipping ad-supported TVs to customers

Paul Hill — Thu, 13 Jul 2023 21:18:01 +0000

Telly has announced the public beta for its ad-supported free TVs. It will ship out 500,000 TVs this year and millions more next year. It is still taking customer sign-ups on its website. Read more...

Upcoming 8K TVs likely won't be available in the EU due to energy rules

Steve Bennett — Tue, 25 Oct 2022 18:44:01 +0000

Upcoming, power hungry, 8K TVs may not be available in the EU starting from 2023 due to a potential change in regulations that set a limit on how much energy a television can consume. Read more...

TV viewers watched more on streaming services than on cable TV in July 2022

Alap Naik Desai — Fri, 19 Aug 2022 05:08:01 +0000

Streaming services have overtaken cable TV, and become the most popular medium to consume content on television. Nielsen's report indicates viewers have merely migrated, and not changed consumption. Read more...

UK: Young adults are watching broadcast TV seven times less than over 65s

Paul Hill — Wed, 17 Aug 2022 10:26:01 +0000

Young adults in the UK are watching seven times less broadcast TV than the over 65s. The younger cohort prefers to fill its time watching YouTube videos and content on subscription streaming sites. Read more...

Canadians have turned to Roku for streaming content according to a new study

Paul Hill — Thu, 27 Jan 2022 19:56:02 +0000

Roku is the top TV streaming platform in Canada according to a study performed by the Hypothesis group. The study has 2,510 respondents and the results were based on hours of content consumed. Read more...

TrendForce says focus will be on OLED and large TVs in 2021

Paul Hill — Thu, 25 Mar 2021 00:46:01 +0000

The analyst firm TrendForce has stated that larger TVs and those with OLED panels will perform well this year due to several factors including demand for larger screens and increased LCD prices. Read more...

Valve's MOBA Dota 2 gains an anime series from Netflix

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Wed, 17 Feb 2021 09:06:01 +0000

Netflix and Valve are collaborating on a fantasy anime series that will explore the universe of the popular MOBA Dota 2. DOTA: Dragon's Blood will tell the tale of Dragon Knight from the game. Read more...

Roku announces it's buying now-defunct Quibi's shows

Usman Khan Lodhi — Fri, 08 Jan 2021 20:46:01 +0000

Roku has agreed to acquire the rights to content from Quibi, a deal that will make shows produced by the short-form streaming service available on The Roku Channel sometime this year. Read more...

Ubisoft partners with Netflix for Assassin's Creed live-action and animated adaptations

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Tue, 27 Oct 2020 14:30:01 +0000

Ubisoft and Netflix today announced that the Assassin's Creed franchise is receiving multiple shows on the latter's streaming network, including live-action, anime, and animated adaptations. Read more...

TrendForce: Third quarter saw record TV shipments globally

Paul Hill — Thu, 08 Oct 2020 11:42:01 +0000

The analyst firm, TrendForce, has found that 3Q20 saw TV shipments reach historical highs due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and a 20% increase in demand from North America. Read more...

Comcast launches a new tool to help target TV ads

Paul Hill — Tue, 05 Nov 2019 03:32:01 +0000

Comcast has announced that those looking to advertise on TV can use a new service which helps better target ads at the appropriate audience. It said targeting audiences in the past was guesswork. Read more...

Ofcom: 47% of UK households subscribe to streaming services

Paul Hill — Wed, 07 Aug 2019 10:06:02 +0000

Ofcom's latest Media Nations report has found that almost half of UK households now have a video streaming subscription. It also found two-fifths consume content primarily via streaming. Read more...

You can now register for Microsoft and BBC Learning's new TV series, My World

Hamza Jawad — Mon, 24 Jun 2019 18:16:01 +0000

Microsoft and BBC Learning's upcoming TV series announced earlier this year can now be signed up for. The series focuses on teaching children about international issues and other content. Read more...

Samsung announces a vertical TV called The Sero, refreshes The Frame

João Carrasqueira — Mon, 29 Apr 2019 18:14:01 +0000

In a move seemingly made to appeal to millennials, Samsung has announced a new TV that's meant to be used vertically. The goal is for the display to be used for mirroring mobile content. Read more...

FCC approves TV technology that aids advertisers

Paul Hill — Fri, 17 Nov 2017 17:16:01 +0000

A new standard for TV, called ATSC 3.0, has been approved by the U.S. FCC. The new technology will super power TVs of the future but it'll also be used by advertisers to show you more relevant ads. Read more...

YouTube TV will offer live and on-demand television content for $35 a month

Timi Cantisano — Wed, 01 Mar 2017 03:16:01 +0000

It was only a matter of time before YouTube would begin offering more paid content. YouTube TV will be an alluring offering that will provide live and on-demand TV service with DVR capabilities. Read more...

Apple releases the first trailer of its reality show 'Planet of the Apps'

Gabriel Nunes — Tue, 14 Feb 2017 15:24:01 +0000

'Planet of the Apps' is Apple's first attempt at creating an original TV show. It will be a launch pad for new ideas with a $10 million investment at stake and the first trailer was released today. Read more...

Vizio settles for $2.2m after FTC found 'while viewers watched TV, Vizio was watching them'

Andy Weir — Tue, 07 Feb 2017 13:58:01 +0000

Vizio has agreed to pay a $2.2 million settlement, after the FTC and New Jersey's AG alleged that the company had collected a "mountain of data" on viewers' activities, and sold it to third parties. Read more...

Sony just turned a 4K OLED TV into a speaker, or is it a speaker turned into a 4K OLED TV?

Michael Firth — Thu, 05 Jan 2017 22:46:01 +0000

Sony just entered the OLED TV market with a bang. Their new flagship display is free-standing, delivers 4K imagery via 8 million OLED pixels and, to top it off, the screen panel itself delivers sound. Read more...

Samsung will offer YouTube's HDR content on supported TVs

Timi Cantisano — Tue, 20 Dec 2016 04:56:01 +0000

If you have a supported Samsung TV, a new update will be rolling out that will enable YouTube's HDR content. The update will go live in December and will roll out globally in the coming weeks. Read more...

Get a free Xbox One S with a purchase of a 55-inch LG 4K television at Best Buy

Justin Luna — Mon, 05 Sep 2016 14:28:01 +0000

Best Buy is currently offering a bundle of the 500 GB Xbox One S console and a 55-inch LG 4K television on its website. The deal is available for interested parties until September 10th. Read more...

Apple wants to hook you with its TV guide in a push for the TV space

Vlad Dudau — Fri, 05 Aug 2016 05:52:01 +0000

Apple has been eyeing the TV space for a good, long while now, but recently, the company was forced to abandon a big part of its plans. Now Apple is focusing on its TV guide feature. Read more...

Apple's "groundbreaking" first original TV show is called 'Planet of the Apps'

Andy Weir — Wed, 13 Jul 2016 15:02:01 +0000

Apple is looking for 100 "exceptional developers" to take part in its new unscripted reality show, promising 'mentorship', funding from VCs investing up to $10m, and a ton of promotion for their apps. Read more...

Microsoft says development of TV DVR feature for Xbox One has now been 'put on hold'

Andy Weir — Wed, 08 Jun 2016 16:02:01 +0000

Ten months ago, Microsoft announced that TV DVR functionality would be added to its Xbox One in 2016. Today, the company says it's no longer developing the feature, as it's focusing instead on gaming. Read more...

Microsoft announces Skype TX 4, its latest video calling solution for broadcasters

Andy Weir — Thu, 14 Apr 2016 21:50:01 +0000

Originally launched in 2014, Microsoft has released the newest version of Skype TX, the studio-grade version of its video communications app, designed specifically for the broadcast industry. Read more...

Young people now spend more time online than in front of the TV

Justin Luna — Tue, 26 Jan 2016 15:50:01 +0000

According to a recent study, young people now spend more time online than watching television. A majority of children now reportedly watch shows through on-demand services or through YouTube. Read more...

CloudAntenna TV streaming seeks success where Aereo failed

John Devon — Tue, 08 Dec 2015 18:44:01 +0000

The new company has promised a home TV antenna designed to stream live and recorded content to any device, unlike Aereo which housed individual antennas and was ruled illegal. Read more...

Sharp tells its employees to buy its own products to help it get out of financial hole

Justin Luna — Thu, 19 Nov 2015 13:54:01 +0000

In a futile attempt to garner revenue and get out of financial trouble, Sharp has asked its employees to buy the company's products. This move is a result of facing strong competition from rivals. Read more...

Xiaomi launches Android-powered Mi TV 3 with 60-inch 4K display for less than $800

Manish Singh — Mon, 19 Oct 2015 10:12:01 +0000

Xiaomi has launched the Mi TV 3, successor to the Mi TV 2 it had launched earlier this year. The new TV offers a bigger screen at 4K resolution, at just 11.6-mm thick and runs Android. Read more...

BBC iPlayer has begun blocking VPN access

Matt Brown — Fri, 16 Oct 2015 21:52:01 +0000

Reports are emerging, stating that the BBC has begun tightening access to iPlayer, their in-house on-demand streaming service. This comes in response to the popularity of the service outside the UK. Read more...

TV station ditches television cameras for iPhones

Justin Luna — Tue, 29 Sep 2015 12:36:01 +0000

A television station in Switzerland has decided to abandon standard TV cameras for iPhones for its news broadcast. It is reportedly an attempt to reinvent broadcasting, as well as to help cut costs. Read more...

Sharp to create first 8K screen

Jack Wilkinson — Wed, 16 Sep 2015 18:58:01 +0000

Sharp has announced that it will be the first company to produce a working 8K screen, quadrupling the resolution of 4K, planned to go on sale some time in October. Read more...

LG is spending $8.5bn on the next-generation OLED TVs and flexible displays

Andy Weir — Mon, 17 Aug 2015 11:28:01 +0000

LG will invest $8.5bn in OLED display technology over the next three years, in an effort to establish itself as a leader in OLED TVs and a new generation of devices with truly flexible displays. Read more...

Former Microsoft television project 'Humans' debuts to rave reviews on AMC

Anthony Tosie — Mon, 29 Jun 2015 02:04:01 +0000

A former Xbox Entertainment Studios TV project debuted to rave reviews on AMC, though it's not an indication that Microsoft should have kept its video-producing subsidiary. Read more...